loonies may be worth more than you thought. 15 beers, one bottle of whiskey and 3/4 of a bottle of mickelson work, but it can also get you a barrel of crude oil -- three/-- 3/4 of a bottle of maple syrup. your take onith today's economic data. did you see anything particularly interesting? this was a welcome respite for a lot of week data recently. beail sales data appear to in line with expectations, but back revisions showed us a the end expectation at of q2 and a pretty decent start for q3 as well. it's really all up to consumers to carry the next leg of the recovery. significant headwinds will factor into the other data release out this morning, which was the import price data, showing the effect of the strong dollar. scarlet: the currency market turmoil we've seen has not shown up yet, so the next couple of months will be interesting. right. this was the july report we saw this morning, but just wait until we get the august and september data. this is certainly something that is on the radar screen of folks at the end. normally, exchange rate is a fairly low-ranking consideration, but i